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Market-path research — 31 Aug 2026 05:55 Europe/London

Not a P move. No path named. No customer named.
Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858.
Did not repeat last recon hour: Companies House Incorporated companies April–June 2026 monthly Official Statistics (04:55 Market discovery).
Also did not repeat as primary: MentorsMe / mentorsme.co.uk → ukfinance.org.uk/mentors-me (03:55 Market scenarios); Equality Act 2010 (02:55 Risk reduction); UKBAA / ukbaa.org.uk (01:55 Companies in the space); AdviceUK / adviceuk.org.uk (00:55 Competitor mapping); ScaleUp Institute / scaleupinstitute.org.uk (23:55 Companies in the space); Law Centres Network / lawcentres.org.uk (22:55 Competitor mapping); Be the Business / bethebusiness.com (21:55 Companies in the space); Enterprise Nation / enterprisenation.com (20:55 Companies in the space); LawWorks / lawworks.org.uk (19:55 Competitor mapping); ACAS / acas.org.uk (18:55 Market scenarios); Citizens Advice / citizensadvice.org.uk (17:55 Competitor mapping); Growth Hub / Business Board Network / growthhubfinder.co.uk (16:55 Market scenarios); Legal Choices / legalchoices.org.uk (15:55 Competitor mapping); GOV.UK apprenticeship levy (13:55); SRA Transparency (12:55); BCC / britishchambers.org.uk (11:55 Companies in the space); IoD / iod.com (05:55 Companies in the space — prior day); FSB / fsb.org.uk (00:55 Companies in the space — prior day). Explicitly did not retry STEP.org (HTTP 403). Explicitly did not re-open AdviceUK / MentorsMe / CH monthly / Equality Act / UKBAA / ScaleUp / Law Centres / Be the Business / Enterprise Nation / LawWorks / ACAS / Citizens Advice / Legal Choices / Growth Hub / SRA Transparency / BCC / IoD / FSB as primary. Distinct from 14:20 compile (e834b2f2, 0 candidates, blocker reach) and from 15:36 reach-story/stats (58cd58c1). 08:55 already skipped at ~10:18; 14:55 already skipped ~15:32; this hour is not a re-ask and not a second skip log. Did not write overnight. Did not unpark/install customer cut 63e813ea. Did not write kpis/p-evidence.md. Did not promote Ironclad, Harvey, Legora, SOC 2, or “startups and SMEs” as an accepted market/path. Did not install the 12:48 productised hour-menu as a path. Did not invent a “FYJ for pro bono / free barrister help / Advocate applicants” path. Support Through Court / Access to Justice Foundation / Free Representation Unit / RCJ Advice / CBI fallbacks not used because the Advocate primary cluster lives.

Area: Competitor mapping.
Verdict: stayed thin as a path.
P unchanged.

Searched

Prefer Competitor mapping this hour — remaining legal-advice / how-the-public-is-directed-to-help REACH channel, distinct from last competitor hour (31 Aug 00:55 AdviceUK). Primary: Advocate (Bar Pro Bono Unit) — weareadvocate.org.uk / advocate.org.uk / weareadvocate.org. Barrister pro bono referral / how the public is directed to free barrister help. Distinct from LawWorks (solicitor clinics 19:55), Law Centres Network (22:55), AdviceUK (00:55), Citizens Advice (17:55), Legal Choices (15:55). Why this source now: destination $2.5–5bn; first-customer cut parked (63e813ea); live gate still cannot compile path candidates (e834b2f2 compile 0; blocker still REACH — how the first hour is sold). Last hour was Market discovery / Companies House April–June 2026. Competitor mapping last filed 31 Aug 00:55 AdviceUK. Official barrister-pro-bono referral routing that can be read without inventing a buyer. Not a FYJ path. Not P. Advocate primary cluster was already HTTP 200 — no fall-through to Support Through Court, Access to Justice Foundation, Free Representation Unit, RCJ Advice, or CBI.

Did not invent a public find-a-barrister directory, an annual-report PDF the named path does not serve, a fee table (service is free for eligible applicants; charity funded by donations), or a guaranteed placement rate the pages do not print. Soft-404 / 404 pages are not live facts. Homepage CEO transition line recorded as printed; Our People staff list does not print a CEO row this hour — both noted, not reconciled into an invented org chart. Distinct from 00:55 AdviceUK independent-advice membership, 22:55 Law Centres Network, 19:55 LawWorks solicitor clinics, 17:55 Citizens Advice, 15:55 Legal Choices. Fallbacks Support Through Court / ATJF / FRU / RCJ Advice / CBI were not switched to — Advocate primary cluster lives.

What stands

What does not stand

End-to-end test

Value-forming

The Competitor mapping line stayed thin. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. A free barrister-matching charity, a 5,000-volunteer panel line, and a signposting directory are not a path. Adjacent Competitor mapping filings (AdviceUK; Law Centres; LawWorks; Citizens Advice; Legal Choices) still leave who / why / how / next empty.

Result

No path named yet. Competitor mapping stayed thin as a path. P unchanged.

Confirmation

Contract UUID 26e4abb6-3b66-4a66-a4f7-d4c065ad9233 is live. Hold = no invention, not no recon. Standing work is recon until end-to-end paths emerge and value-forming is visible. No path named. P unchanged. Customer cut parked.

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# Market-path research — 31 Aug 2026 05:55 Europe/London

Not a P move. No path named. No customer named.
Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858.
Did not repeat last recon hour: Companies House Incorporated companies April–June 2026 monthly Official Statistics (04:55 Market discovery).
Also did not repeat as primary: MentorsMe / mentorsme.co.uk → ukfinance.org.uk/mentors-me (03:55 Market scenarios); Equality Act 2010 (02:55 Risk reduction); UKBAA / ukbaa.org.uk (01:55 Companies in the space); AdviceUK / adviceuk.org.uk (00:55 Competitor mapping); ScaleUp Institute / scaleupinstitute.org.uk (23:55 Companies in the space); Law Centres Network / lawcentres.org.uk (22:55 Competitor mapping); Be the Business / bethebusiness.com (21:55 Companies in the space); Enterprise Nation / enterprisenation.com (20:55 Companies in the space); LawWorks / lawworks.org.uk (19:55 Competitor mapping); ACAS / acas.org.uk (18:55 Market scenarios); Citizens Advice / citizensadvice.org.uk (17:55 Competitor mapping); Growth Hub / Business Board Network / growthhubfinder.co.uk (16:55 Market scenarios); Legal Choices / legalchoices.org.uk (15:55 Competitor mapping); GOV.UK apprenticeship levy (13:55); SRA Transparency (12:55); BCC / britishchambers.org.uk (11:55 Companies in the space); IoD / iod.com (05:55 Companies in the space — prior day); FSB / fsb.org.uk (00:55 Companies in the space — prior day). Explicitly did not retry STEP.org (HTTP 403). Explicitly did not re-open AdviceUK / MentorsMe / CH monthly / Equality Act / UKBAA / ScaleUp / Law Centres / Be the Business / Enterprise Nation / LawWorks / ACAS / Citizens Advice / Legal Choices / Growth Hub / SRA Transparency / BCC / IoD / FSB as primary. Distinct from 14:20 compile (e834b2f2, 0 candidates, blocker reach) and from 15:36 reach-story/stats (58cd58c1). 08:55 already skipped at ~10:18; 14:55 already skipped ~15:32; this hour is not a re-ask and not a second skip log. Did not write overnight. Did not unpark/install customer cut 63e813ea. Did not write kpis/p-evidence.md. Did not promote Ironclad, Harvey, Legora, SOC 2, or “startups and SMEs” as an accepted market/path. Did not install the 12:48 productised hour-menu as a path. Did not invent a “FYJ for pro bono / free barrister help / Advocate applicants” path. Support Through Court / Access to Justice Foundation / Free Representation Unit / RCJ Advice / CBI fallbacks not used because the Advocate primary cluster lives.

Area: Competitor mapping.
Verdict: stayed thin as a path.
P unchanged.

## Searched
Prefer Competitor mapping this hour — remaining legal-advice / how-the-public-is-directed-to-help REACH channel, distinct from last competitor hour (31 Aug 00:55 AdviceUK). Primary: Advocate (Bar Pro Bono Unit) — weareadvocate.org.uk / advocate.org.uk / weareadvocate.org. Barrister pro bono referral / how the public is directed to free barrister help. Distinct from LawWorks (solicitor clinics 19:55), Law Centres Network (22:55), AdviceUK (00:55), Citizens Advice (17:55), Legal Choices (15:55). Why this source now: destination $2.5–5bn; first-customer cut parked (63e813ea); live gate still cannot compile path candidates (e834b2f2 compile 0; blocker still REACH — how the first hour is sold). Last hour was Market discovery / Companies House April–June 2026. Competitor mapping last filed 31 Aug 00:55 AdviceUK. Official barrister-pro-bono referral routing that can be read without inventing a buyer. Not a FYJ path. Not P. Advocate primary cluster was already HTTP 200 — no fall-through to Support Through Court, Access to Justice Foundation, Free Representation Unit, RCJ Advice, or CBI.

- Homepage: https://weareadvocate.org.uk/ — HTTP 200. Printed: Advocate is a charity that finds free legal assistance from volunteer barristers; founded 1996; caseworker based in every circuit across England and Wales; currently 5,000 barristers signed up as part of the volunteer panel; 30th anniversary 2026; farewell to CEO Rebecca Wilkie after two six-year terms; welcomes new Chief Executive Officer Christopher Stacey; Lady Chief Justice quote on 30 years; Birmingham Chancery Litigant in Person Support Scheme two years; Competition Appeal Tribunal pilot 2025; Charity No 1057620; Company Limited by Guarantee No 3237309; postal address only Advocate, International Dispute Resolution Centre 1 Paternoster Lane, St.Paul's, London, EC4M 7BQ; not open for physical visits; “We are the pro bono charity of the Bar, supported by the Bar Council”.
- How our service works: https://weareadvocate.org.uk/how-our-service-works — HTTP 200. Printed eligibility / process: typically at least three weeks to process from complete information; cannot help people with deadline less than three weeks (exceptional imminent risk of imprisonment / losing contact with children / losing home / being deported); cannot help people who qualify for legal aid, who can afford legal help, or who have legal expenses insurance covering the problem; means test case-by-case; England & Wales; barristers can represent / advise / draft; barristers cannot prepare case paperwork / lodge papers / provide administrative support / write letters on behalf; help not guaranteed (volunteers); step-by-step acceptance then matching; if no barrister found, notified at least one day before hearing; Support Through Court named for practical (not legal) court support; Direct Access Portal and signposting page for ineligible applicants; enquiries@weareadvocate.org.uk for offline form. Cannot give legal advice over the phone.
- Apply for help hub: https://weareadvocate.org.uk/apply-for-help — HTTP 200. Hub to how-service-works / signposting / helpful information / FAQs.
- Signposting: https://weareadvocate.org.uk/signposting — HTTP 200. Long directory of other organisations (Advicenow, Support Through Court, LawWorks, Citizens Advice, Law Centres Network, Free Representation Unit, Legal Choices, ACAS, Shelter, etc.). Printed routing away when Advocate cannot assist — not a FYJ path and not treated as a headcount.
- About us: https://weareadvocate.org.uk/about-us — HTTP 200. Matches people unable to obtain legal aid and cannot afford a lawyer with barristers offering advice, drafting and representation; operates across every area of law in courts/tribunals throughout England and Wales.
- Our history: https://weareadvocate.org.uk/about-us/our-history — HTTP 200. Founded 1996 as Bar Pro Bono Unit by Lord Goldsmith KC with 350 volunteer barristers; first year 250 applications; over 5,600 applications by 2025; today over 5,000 volunteer barristers; casework team with physical presence in each circuit; sister charity LawWorks established 1997 as Solicitors Pro Bono Group; 2010 National Pro Bono Centre with LawWorks / ILEX Pro Bono / Access to Justice Foundation; 30th anniversary brochure named (link present; named standalone /30th-anniversary and /30th-anniversary-brochure paths HTTP 404).
- Our people: https://weareadvocate.org.uk/about-us/our-people — HTTP 200. Staff Team lists Director of Casework Zoe Chan, Head of Operations Megan Allen, Engagement Manager Faye Pauffley, Casework Manager Billy Mehnert, plus named coordinators/caseworkers/administrators (no CEO row printed on this page this hour). Board of Trustees: Sharif Shivji KC (Chair), Sarah Abram KC (Vice Chair), plus ten other named trustees (12 names). Joint Presidents: Lord Goldsmith KC; Sir Robin Knowles CBE. Contact printed: enquiries@weareadvocate.org.uk; Phone 020 4518 6141 (voicemail only).
- Contact us: https://weareadvocate.org.uk/contact-us — HTTP 200. Apply online; application@weareadvocate.org.uk for existing applicants; enquiries@weareadvocate.org.uk general; 020 4518 6141 voicemail only; postal address only; “Advocate is the operating name of the Bar Pro Bono Unit”; Registered Charity No. 1057620 and Company Limited by Guarantee No. 3237309; cannot give legal advice; no printing services.
- Volunteer: https://weareadvocate.org.uk/volunteer — HTTP 200. Barrister panel / Collaborate mentoring / Bar in the Community / partner schemes.
- Resources for the bar / Chambers Pro Bono Framework / Pro Bono Recognition List / Bar in the Community / EDI / Privacy / News / Support us / Work for us / FAQs / Helpful information — HTTP 200 (cluster checked).
- Charity Commission: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1057620 — HTTP 200. Registered name BAR PRO BONO UNIT; charity number 1057620; activities: helps find pro bono (free) legal assistance from volunteer barristers throughout England and Wales; FY ending 30 June 2025 Total income £1,186,877 (Donations and legacies £1.17m; Investments £14.84k; Charitable activities £0; Other trading £0); Total expenditure £1,131,350 (Raising funds £144.52k; Charitable activities £986.83k); People 23 Employee(s) / 12 Trustee(s); England and Wales. Overview sibling path also HTTP 200.
- Companies House: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03237309 — HTTP 200. BAR PRO BONO UNIT company number 03237309; Active; Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital use of 'Limited' exemption; Incorporated on 13 August 1996; Registered office Advocate, Idrc, Paternoster Lane, London, England, EC4M 7BQ; SIC 82990; Last accounts 30 June 2025; Next accounts to 30 June 2026 due by 31 March 2027; Last confirmation statement 28 July 2026. Filing-history path HTTP 200.
- Host aliases: https://www.weareadvocate.org.uk/ — HTTP 301 → https://weareadvocate.org.uk/. http://weareadvocate.org.uk/ — HTTP 301 → https://weareadvocate.org.uk/. https://www.advocate.org.uk/ — HTTP 404. https://advocate.org.uk/ — connection fail (000 this hour). https://weareadvocate.org/ — HTTP 200 body is a JS lander redirect stub to /lander (not the charity site body; not treated as printed Advocate facts).
- Named 404s this hour: /apply ; /get-help ; /about ; /who-we-are ; /annual-report ; /publications ; /find-a-barrister ; /join ; /30th-anniversary ; /30th-anniversary-brochure ; /hear-from-people-we-support ; /donate ; /careers ; /join-a-partner-scheme ; /useful-guides ; /bar-pro-bono-awards ; /2026-bar-pro-bono-awards ; /media ; /donate-now ; /get-involved ; /signposting-page ; /signpost ; /about-us/our-supporters ; /about-us/our-supporters-pro-bono-patrons (all HTTP 404). Live nested paths that did print: /about-us/our-history /about-us/our-people /about-us/work-for-us /apply-for-help/faqs /apply-for-help/helpful-information /support-us (HTTP 200).

Did not invent a public find-a-barrister directory, an annual-report PDF the named path does not serve, a fee table (service is free for eligible applicants; charity funded by donations), or a guaranteed placement rate the pages do not print. Soft-404 / 404 pages are not live facts. Homepage CEO transition line recorded as printed; Our People staff list does not print a CEO row this hour — both noted, not reconciled into an invented org chart. Distinct from 00:55 AdviceUK independent-advice membership, 22:55 Law Centres Network, 19:55 LawWorks solicitor clinics, 17:55 Citizens Advice, 15:55 Legal Choices. Fallbacks Support Through Court / ATJF / FRU / RCJ Advice / CBI were not switched to — Advocate primary cluster lives.

## What stands
- Live Advocate cluster on weareadvocate.org.uk (homepage / how-our-service-works / apply-for-help / signposting / about-us / our-history / our-people / contact-us / volunteer / resources / chambers framework / recognition list / bar-in-the-community / edi / privacy / news / support-us / work-for-us / faqs / helpful-information all HTTP 200) + Charity Commission 1057620 HTTP 200 + Companies House 03237309 HTTP 200. http and www host aliases 301 to apex https. Named find-a-barrister / annual-report / donate / publications / about / apply aliases HTTP 404. www.advocate.org.uk HTTP 404; advocate.org.uk fail; weareadvocate.org lander stub only.
- Operating name Advocate of the Bar Pro Bono Unit. Charity 1057620 / company 03237309 (incorporated 13 Aug 1996). FY to 30 Jun 2025 income £1,186,877 / expenditure £1,131,350; 23 employees / 12 trustees on Charity Commission. Printed panel ~5,000 volunteer barristers; history: started 350; applications first year 250 → over 5,600 by 2025. Caseworker presence on every circuit England & Wales. Eligibility gate: not legal-aid / not able to afford / no LEI / typically ≥3 weeks / E&W; help not guaranteed. Signposts elsewhere when it cannot help (including Support Through Court, LawWorks, Citizens Advice, Law Centres, FRU, Legal Choices). No public find-a-barrister directory on named path. Voicemail-only phone; cannot give legal advice over the phone.
- These sit next to earlier Competitor mapping filings (AdviceUK; Law Centres Network; LawWorks; Citizens Advice; Legal Choices; SRA Transparency). This hour is barrister-pro-bono referral / how-the-public-is-directed-to-free-barrister-help. Checkable. Not who FYJ is for. Not a path.

## What does not stand
- No page names a FYJ customer, market, offer, or P.
- A free barrister-matching charity for people who cannot get legal aid is not a FYJ buyer.
- Naming “FYJ for Advocate applicants / pro bono users / litigants in person” is inventing a customer — banned. Collision with founder-context.md: do not mint “startups and SMEs” as who; do not put Ironclad/Harvey on the map; productised-menu is a model not a path.
- Do not invent a public barrister directory, a placement success rate, a fee the live pages do not print, or treat the signposting list as FYJ distribution. Soft-404 / 404 pages are not live content. weareadvocate.org lander stub is not the charity site.
- AdviceUK (00:55), Law Centres (22:55), LawWorks (19:55), Citizens Advice (17:55), Legal Choices (15:55), MentorsMe (03:55), Equality Act (02:55), UKBAA (01:55), CH monthly (04:55) remain prior filings. This hour does not re-file those pages.
- STEP.org remains HTTP 403 and was not retried. AdviceUK / MentorsMe / CH monthly / Equality Act / UKBAA / ScaleUp / Law Centres / Be the Business / Enterprise Nation / LawWorks / ACAS / Citizens Advice / Legal Choices / Growth Hub / SRA Transparency / BCC / IoD / FSB were not opened as primary.
- Who / why / how / next all missing. No candidate this hour has even a partial who / why / how. End-to-end stays missing. Productised-menu context from 12:48 does not fill those blanks. Compile stays 0 (e834b2f2); reach blocker not closed by filing another advice-routing channel. Stayed thin as a path.

## End-to-end test
- Who it is for: missing.
- Why they would pay: missing.
- How FYJ reaches them: missing.
- What sits next: missing.
No real public fact this hour filled any of the four. Do not invent the rest. The Advocate / Bar Pro Bono Unit live pages fill a Competitor mapping cell (barrister-pro-bono referral / how-the-public-is-directed-to-free-barrister-help). They do not fill a path cell. They do not install the productised-menu bucket. They do not pad compile candidates.

## Value-forming
The Competitor mapping line stayed thin. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. A free barrister-matching charity, a 5,000-volunteer panel line, and a signposting directory are not a path. Adjacent Competitor mapping filings (AdviceUK; Law Centres; LawWorks; Citizens Advice; Legal Choices) still leave who / why / how / next empty.

## Result
No path named yet. Competitor mapping stayed thin as a path. P unchanged.

## Confirmation
Contract UUID 26e4abb6-3b66-4a66-a4f7-d4c065ad9233 is live. Hold = no invention, not no recon. Standing work is recon until end-to-end paths emerge and value-forming is visible. No path named. P unchanged. Customer cut parked.

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